Scholars and practitioners of international relations are familiar with the brutality of the Islamic State (ISIS). From beheading innocent civilians to raping and torturing women, and even pillaging ancient cultural […]
In 1999, the Guatemalan Historical Clarification Commission (CEH) estimated that over 200,000 people were killed or disappeared during the country’s brutal civil war, and that eighty-three percent of victims were […]
This article was written by Fifi Baleva. Fifi is an undergraduate student at the American University in Washington D.C. On April 14th over 200 school girls were kidnapped by the […]
“They showed me where they buried his remains. I stood over it, asking why my grandchild was dead.” These remarks made me pause in the middle of the article I […]
For the majority of the world, the Rwandan Genocide and Civil War are things of the past, something to be remembered, commemorated, and hopefully not forgotten as the years continue. […]
Abdullah Muhammad al-Tisi of Yakla holds a photo of his son Ali Abdullah Mohammed al-Tisi, who was killed in a US drone strike outside Rad`a, Yemen on December 12, 2013. […]
This article is written by Jordan Bialek. Jordan Bialek studies International Relations and Arabic at American University in Washington, DC. She is interested in identity based conflict in Africa and […]
